Misinformation and cybersecurity incidents have become the top scourges of the modern digital era. Rarely does a day go by without significant news of a damaging misinformation threat, a ransomware attack, or another malicious cyber incident.

As both types of threats escalate and frequently appear simultaneously in threat actors’ campaigns, the lines between the two are getting fuzzy. At this year’s RSA Conference, information security experts appeared on a panel entitled “Misinformation Is the New Malware” to hammer out the distinctions.

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In the shadowy corners of the tech world, there are plenty of stories of admins locking organizations out of their own IT environment, greedy employees selling data, or security engineers backdooring the network. The motivations for these acts can touch on anything from financial gain to revenge, and the consequences are generally disastrous for everyone involved.

The recent tech layoffs that have swept across various industries have only heightened the phenomenon. “Very large organizations only need one poorly vetted and treated [employee] to inflict a lot of harm,” says Frank Price, CTO of CyberGRX, a company that helps organizations manage, monitor, and mitigate risk in their partner ecosystems.

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